पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 26, 2016 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha256.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.87°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

☀️ Shimla, Himachal Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:34 – 09:50
Yamaganda11:06 – 12:22
Gulika Kāla13:38 – 14:54
Varjyam07:44 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:34 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:50 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:06 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:22 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:38 – 14:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:54 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:10 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:26 – 19:10 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:10 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:54 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:38 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:22 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:06 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:50 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:34 – 07:18 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869283.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457748.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0903° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0903°) · declination -23.35° · EoT -0.96 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2016-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)